Flugtag & Meteor Shower
We’ve been doing well, settling into Portland, enjoying our jobs and the summer. We haven’t been hiking yet, but hopefully soon it will happen. There is just too much going on in this city on a daily basis that it’s hard to leave the city.
Flying dragon
A noteable event we went to recently was Flugtag, a crazy event hosted by Red Bull. Basically, people build flying contraptions, push them off a 30 foot ramp into the river. We joined 79,998 other people watching the inventive contraptions and enjoying seeing them crash and hit the water. There were some fun dance routines and too many rip-off pants on guys who should have kept their pants on. It was great. We only took a few pictures but if you want to see the other participants, go here.
Earlier in the week, we went to Rooster Rock State Park with a friend to see the Perseid meteor shower. There was a science presentation by OMSI and a telescope group was there, sharing their giant telescopes so everyone could see Jupiter, the Andromeda galaxy and more cool stuff. The meteors were pretty cool. I saw one giant meteor that burned green across the whole sky.